Cryan's Teach Ceoil
Bridge Street, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim
About
Cryan's is the trad house on Bridge Street, pouring since 1956 and still the first place a local sends you for music rather than for a cocktail. The sessions run Thursday, Saturday and Sunday nights with a bluegrass night on Fridays, which is an unusual thing to find in a Connacht town and is worth timing a visit around. There is a stove and a snug at the back for the months when the river is grey. This is a drinking and listening pub rather than a dining room, so eat elsewhere on Bridge Street first and come in for the second half of the evening.
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